List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles explained

NATO reporting name for AS series air-to-surface missiles, with Soviet designations:

Note: The Soviet / Russian designation is a Cyrillic letter "Х", which is translated as "Kh" or "H". Also, sometimes a combination ("complex") of a missile with its aircraft is marked with a letter "K" (for example, a missile Kh-22 with an aircraft is a "complex K-22"). The Cyrillic "X" (read "Kh") in the designation of Soviet ASMs is in fact a Latin "X" ("ecks") for Xperimental, as used by the design bureau. With passing time, however, this was ignored and used in Soviet/Russian as well as foreign literature as the Cyrillic Kh.

Soviet Union/Russia

AS-1 "Kennel" (KS-1 Kometa)
AS-2 "Kipper" (K-10S Yen)
AS-3 "Kangaroo" (Kh-20)
AS-4 "Kitchen" (Kh-22 Burya)
AS-5 "Kelt" (Kh-11/KSR-2)
AS-6 "Kingfish" (Kh-26/KSR-5)
AS-7 "Kerry" (Kh-66, Kh-23 Grom)
AS-8 (9M114V Shturm-V)
AS-9 "Kyle" (Kh-28)
AS-10 "Karen" (Kh-25)
AS-11 "Kilter" (Kh-58 Izdeliye D-7)
AS-12 "Kegler" (Kh-25MP, Kh-27PS)
AS-13 "Kingbolt" (Kh-59 Ovod)
AS-14 "Kedge" (Kh-29)
AS-15 "Kent" (Kh-55/Kh-65S Izdeliye 120)
AS-16 "Kickback" (Kh-15)
AS-17 "Krypton" (Kh-31)
AS-18 "Kazoo" (Kh-59M Ovod-M)
AS-X-19 "Koala" (3M25A Meteorit-A)
AS-20 "Kayak" (Kh-35/Kh-37 Uran)
AS-X-21 (Kh-90 GELA)
AS-22 "Kazoo" (Kh-59MK2 / Kh-69)
AS-23 "Kodiak" (Kh-101 / Kh-102)
AS-24 "Killjoy" (Kh-47M2 Kinzhal)

China

CH-AS-1 Kraken (YJ-61)^[1]
CH-AS-5 Keystone
CH-AS-X-13 (Air-launched DF-21D derivative)^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: C-611 / YJ-61 / YJ-63 . globalsecurity .
Web site: This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Air-Launched ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile . The Drive . 19 April 2022 . Thomas . Newdick .

List of NATO reporting names for air-to-surface missiles explained

Soviet Union/Russia

China

See also

Notes and References